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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Agree about the residential swamp coolers in dry climates like Arizona. I lived in Tucson for several years quite a while ago and they were very common. Worked well most of the year but struggled a bit in late summer when the humidity would go up somewhat.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>As for the automotive variety as shown in Bradford Loomis’ awesome photo, I’m thinking those things are just dying to be tricked out with an ammunition belt or red-tipped rockets or something.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Saint Paris, OH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> AT [mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kenneth Gene Waugh<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 12, 2019 9:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Vehicle cooling before AC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I never used the coolers in a vehicle, but did use a swamp cooler on my house in Arizona years ago---with low humidity, they were a big help.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Gene<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Elgin, IL<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 7:55 PM ustonThomas Mehrkam <<a href="mailto:tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net">tmehrkam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>My dad had one of those. I remember driving through New Mexico, Arazoia ect on vacation. They worked ok as long as you kept water in them and pulled the string occasionally.<o:p></o:p></p><div id="gmail-m_5891204483417226196ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'>On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:11 PM, Rena Glover Goss<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D00F6'><<a href="mailto:rlgoss@twc.com" target="_blank">rlgoss@twc.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #6D00F6 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yes. I remember using one on a trip across Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado. It brought the temperature down a bit, but not enough to make it worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Larry<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---- Brian <<a href="mailto:bcolt1@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bcolt1@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Yes, they were called swamp coolers. They worked by evaporation, and the car had to be moving right along. Thus, they were not much help in humid areas, or when moving slowly in traffic. I never actually saw one up here in New England, but recall seeing articles about them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> 1. OT: Vehicle Cooling before refrigerated A/C (Ray Trimble)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Message: 1<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:43:17 +0000 (UTC)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> From: Ray Trimble <<a href="mailto:farmall_1947@yahoo.com" target="_blank">farmall_1947@yahoo.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> To: "<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Subject: [AT] OT: Vehicle Cooling before refrigerated A/C<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:708512546.2405992.1549993397237@mail.yahoo.com" target="_blank">708512546.2405992.1549993397237@mail.yahoo.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> Does anyone remember seeing units outside the passenger window a device that looked like a canister vacuum cleaner before A/C became common. I remember them as a young boy? in the early 50's going to Amarillo. We didn't have one just wondering if they really worked. I suppose they could offer some cooling if they had ventures in it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> ray<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> -------------- next part --------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> URL: <<a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/pipermail/at-antique-tractor.com/attachments/20190212/e2b0a735/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/pipermail/at-antique-tractor.com/attachments/20190212/e2b0a735/attachment-0001.html</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> -<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>AT mailing list<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>AT mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Gene</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Kenneth Gene Waugh</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Elgin, Illinois</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>